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To: im a survivor who wrote (4180)	9/28/2000 9:57:39 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Respond to of 65232

with stock on margin, you CANNOT ride it out / JW

To: im a survivor who wrote (4180)	9/28/2000 11:02:39 AM
From: freeus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

Replacing stock with calls: I've been doing the same thing, only I've mostly replaced with LEAPS (have some Nov and Jan RMBS calls and Jan Intc calls and few Feb-Mar NTAP,ITWO and Newp calls)... Hope we have a great last quarter as usual...we'll have to be always ready to sell though and that's what worries me. Everyone seems to feel that way and the market goes up a little and crashes down because of the fear. Will confidence return? Remember Sept is traditionally the worst month, and Oct has had a few very traumatic ones but doesn't average out as bad as Sept. Freeus